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Two 16-year-old Nelson House boys charged with second-degree murder in Dakota Hunter's beating death

Two 16-year-old Nelson House boys charged with second-degree murder in Dakota Hunter's beating death

Two 16-year-old boys from Nelson House have been charged with second-degree murder in the beating death of 17-year-old Dakota Garth Hunter, also of Nelson House on the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, early Saturday morning.
Construction on Highway 6 damaging to motorists

Construction on Highway 6 damaging to motorists

Many Thompsonites have gotten used to summer being a time when the city streets are filled with construction crews fixing potholes or painting fresh lines on the pavement.
University of Guelph-Humber student stops in Thompson on search to define Canadians

University of Guelph-Humber student stops in Thompson on search to define Canadians

Many Canadians, Thompsonites included, usually don't stop to think about what makes their lives so uniquely Canadian, and how their experience of the Canadian identity might be quite different from that of someone living in the bustling city of Toron

Remember when

30 YEARS AGO The Rotary Club in Thompson sent two students out under a Rotary International program, with Marla Buckholz heading to Japan and Susan Westra going to Adelaide, Australia.
Warrant for arrest of Jeffrey Bighetty issued in taxicab video assault case

Warrant for arrest of Jeffrey Bighetty issued in taxicab video assault case

A warrant of arrest has been issued by the Thompson RCMP for Jeffery Bighetty, who is currently charged with robbery; assault causing bodily harm and mischief.
Vale CEO Roger Agnelli says in Brazil that Sudbury to be restarted 'as soon as possible'

Vale CEO Roger Agnelli says in Brazil that Sudbury to be restarted 'as soon as possible'

Tensions in the six-week-old labour dispute between Vale Inco and the United Steelworkers in Sudbury notched up significantly Aug.
Cheated? VLT revenue distribution touted by Steve Ashton cause sparks at city council

Cheated? VLT revenue distribution touted by Steve Ashton cause sparks at city council

A letter from Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Steve Ashton about video lottery terminal (VLT) revenue distribution set off sparks at city council Aug. 24, with Coun.

Icons will point the way at times from print to longer stories online in the Thompson Citizen

Why is there a picture or icon of a computer mouse and perhaps a digital camera at the bottom of the story you just read you may wonder? Good question. Here's your heads-up.
City hopes to see more than just new wolf enclosures at Thompson Zoo

City hopes to see more than just new wolf enclosures at Thompson Zoo

There are some changes coming along at the Thompson Zoo scheduled for the next couple of months, but the City of Thompson is eager to ensure those changes don't just stop at what's necessary but also look at ways to improve the zoo's facilities overa
Bob Weller: The survivor

Bob Weller: The survivor

No cases of West Nile virus found in Norman or Burntwood regions
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